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Oakley C. Johnson
Oakley Calvin Johnson (March 24, 1890 – August 1976) was an American socialist political activist and writer. A founding member of both the Communist Party of America and the Proletarian Party of America, Johnson is best remembered as a historian of the radical politics of that era. Biography Early years Oakley Calvin Johnson was born on March 24, 1890, in a log cabin on a farm near the hamlet of Jarvis Centre, Michigan, in Arenac County.Oakley C. Johnson, "The Early Socialist Party of Michigan: An Assignment in Autobiography," ''The Centennial Review,'' vol. 10, no. 2 (Spring 1966), pg. 147. He was the oldest of five children. Oakley's mother, the former Elizabeth Jane Gibbon, was herself a native Michigander, born in Bay City in 1867. His father, Calvin Henry Johnson, was born in 1858 near Chateaugay, New York, and died of Addison's disease in 1904 at the age of 46, when Oakley was just 14. Both of his parents were of mixed ethnic stock, hailing from English, Irish, Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarvis Centre, Michigan
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Master's Degree
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Al Renner
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Dennis Batt
Dennis E. Batt (1886 - 19xx) was an American political journalist and trade union activist. Best remembered as the first editor of ''The Communist,'' the official organ of the Communist Party of America and leading member of the Proletarian Party of America, in later years Batt's political views became increasingly conservative and he ended his life as a mainstream functionary in the union movement. Biography Early years Dennis Elihu Batt was born May 2, 1886, in Tekonsha, Michigan, the son of a street car conductor.Solon DeLeon with Irma C. Hayssen and Grace Poole (eds.), ''The American Labor Who's Who.'' New York: Hanford Press, 1925. Batt attended high school in Detroit for two years before enlisting in the U.S. Cavalry, in which he served from 1907 to 1910. Following the end of his military service, Batt became a machinist, working as a tool and die maker for the next decade. Political career During his time as a machinist, Batt joined the Socialist Party of Michiga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Keracher
John Keracher (16 January 1880 – 11 January 1958) was a Scottish-born American Marxist politician who founded the Proletarian Party of America in 1920. Biography Early years John Keracher was born on January 16, 1880, in Dundee, Scotland. In his early twenties, Keracher left Scotland for England, where he lived for a number of years. He emigrated to the United States in 1909, settling in Detroit.Al Wysocki, "John Keracher — His Life and Work," ''Proletarian News'' (Chicago), March 1958, pg. 3. In Detroit, Keracher was the proprietor of the Reliance Shoe House, a retail shoe store located at 112 Dix Avenue.Warren W. Grimes"The Proletarian Party of America,"Corvallis, OR: 1000 Flowers Publishing, 2006; pg. 3. Political career In April 1910 Keracher joined the Socialist Party of America. Keracher was an extremely orthodox Marxist who specialized on expositions of Marx's ''Das Kapital,'' particularly on the topics of value and surplus-value, as well as the doctrine of histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
